total war rise of empire

Chapter 121 Pylos City
"Huh? This set of tableware is pretty good, quite tasteful." Lei Zihao said while holding a gold-rimmed cup in his hand.

Agamemnon, who followed beside him with a smile on his face, immediately told his servants with great interest: "What are you doing in a daze, quickly pack up all these tableware and prepare them for your lord!"

Lei Zihao nodded with satisfaction, put down the cup, and continued to wander around Agamemnon's private residence...

This is Lei Zihao's favorite thing to do after entering Pylos City!
Lei Zihao naturally owned the public property and warehouses of Pylos City, but the private property of those upper-level figures in Pylos could not be looted casually, even though Agamemnon and the elders of Pylos had collectively made a large sum of money. Consolation military expenses, but Lei Zihao is so greedy for money, how can he let go of any valuable things?

As a result, Lei Zihao became a frequent visitor to the entire city of Pylos. Whether it was a dark and damp cellar or a warehouse hidden in an inconspicuous corner, Lei Zihao would take or send someone to take a walk around. If the elders and nobles know their faces, they will naturally be safe. If they don't, they will be punished by Lei Zihao for various reasons!

Anyway, he only cares about money and not his life, and outsiders can't say anything!
In this way, what Lei Zihao has been talking about the most these days is...

"This portrait is good, this bead is good, this statue...well, it will take a few more people to drag the statue away!"

How could Agamemnon and Elder Pylos dare to disobey Lei Zihao, the boss of Siris? They could only smile and follow behind, looking at Lei Zihao, the master who scraped the ground, what they had accumulated for hundreds of years Search them all!

As long as it's valuable, Lei Zihao won't even let the furniture go!
Not to mention, this method is more thorough than the soldiers who massacred the city. After all, Lei Zihao has the appraisal of the total war system. When he sees something, he can know whether it can be converted into gold coin resources. How can he be like those illiterate soldiers? , only understanding the valuable things of the public, and beautiful-looking works of art, many inconspicuous small objects and even luxurious furniture, were all burned to the ground during the massacre!
Lei Zihao walked around the city of Pylos and worked as an 'appraiser' for several days before he realized how inefficient the method of directly letting soldiers plunder and slaughter the city was!
Gold and silver are okay, everyone knows them, but those valuable things that are truly recognized by the world have been wasted in unknown amounts and fell into the hands of the soldiers who massacred the city...

Because of this, although Lei Zihao did not plunder and massacre the city of Pylos, he collected more gold resources converted from wealth than the cities of Corinth or Argos that were slaughtered and destroyed!

Moreover, this kind of city occupied by Lei Zihao can continue to provide tax revenue!
Lei Zihao returned to the original Pylos City Lord's Mansion, which was regarded as the Governor's Mansion, and opened the newly added information about the city of Pylos!

[City: Pylos City
Popularity: Doubt (Levels: Full Support, Loyalty, Happy, Satisfied, Neutral, Repressed, Doubt, Resentment, Riot, Uprising)

Taxes: normal (tax-free, low, normal, high, squeezed)

Estimated Income: Unstable (Standard Gold, One Year)
Population: 5 million+
Social Security: Unstable (Chaotic, Unstable, General, Good, Excellent)

Population growth: slow growth (negative growth, slow growth, normal, rapid growth, overpopulation of the population)

Recruitable troops: none (cities whose loyalty is displayed in red cannot recruit troops loyal to you)

Resident Affairs Officer: None

Garrison generals: Lei Zihao, Li Si, Finn Diedner, Leonidas

Remarks: The people of Pylos are very sad and angry about the defeat and surrender imposed on them. The large amount of property compensation after the surrender made the upper and lower classes of the people of Pylos feel serious dissatisfaction. This city is entirely because of your strong military power. If you choose to surrender, if you want to ensure that there will be no uprising in this city, please leave as many troops as possible!

Functional buildings can be built: Temple of War, Temple of Love, Temple of Wealth, Governor's Mansion, Execution Ground (reducing the chance of urban riots and increasing the dissatisfaction of the city's residents!)]

On the map provided by the total war system, three highlighted areas have appeared on the Greek peninsula, the city of Longhan, the city of Megara, and the city of Pylos!
Longhan City is completely green, Megara City is yellow, and Pylos City is red!

Green and yellow represent that the city has basically agreed with Lei Zihao's rule, especially green, basically the vast majority of civilians are Lei Zihao's hardcore supporters!
Basically, there will never be any turmoil and unfavorable remarks against Lei Zihao in a green city!
The opposite is the red city. The red city is in a stage where riots or even uprisings are possible at any time. There must be a garrison to maintain stability, and the tax revenue cannot be clearly estimated!

Of course, according to the reminder of the total war system, there is a way to display the tax revenue of the red city. Lei Zihao ordered to the total war system: "Increase the tax revenue of Pylos City to the degree of oppression!"

[As ordered, Your Excellency the Governor. 】

There is an obvious advantage of taxation at the level of squeeze, that is, it is mandatory to stipulate the tax that every Pylos needs to pay!

If you can't pay, you will be treated as a slave!

Therefore, taxation to the extent of squeeze can be expected!
After the taxation of Pylos City was raised to squeeze, the estimated income suddenly became a resource of at least [-] gold coins per year!

On average, every Pylos person needs to bear the high tax burden of 2 gold coin resources within one year!

You know, based on the purchasing power of standard gold coins, an ordinary civilian can live well within a year with only one standard gold coin!
As a result, a Pylos person has to pay an additional tax of two gold coins on average!

This is driving those poor Pylos people to death!

The most frightening thing is that the level of taxation is completely for immediate economic benefits, without considering the issue of sustainable development. Therefore, the tax cycle will be forced to be increased to once a month!
It is conceivable that with the issuance of a series of decrees and high taxes, the population of Pylos City will definitely show a sharp downward trend!
In the first month of taxation at the level of squeeze, the population of Pylos City will be hit like a halved blow!

It’s not that those Pylos people disappeared, but because of the high tax burden, they escaped from the city of Pylos, away from Lei Zihao’s control area, and became savages to support themselves, or they didn’t even have the ability to escape, and they were sold as slaves cleanly… …

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